Who among us. six billion strong, has experienced death? Not a near-death experience, but real death? Of course, everyone eventually experiences death once in her life. But there is yet no way to share that experience with someone else. Have any of you reading these words experienced death? If you answer, “yes.” then wake up, for you are mistaken. You are not dead yet. Generally, we do not understand death. More clearly, our level of understanding about death is at the level of ignorance.

If we don’t know what death is, what are we afraid of? What we are afraid of is not death, but information (or the lack thereof) about death. Ilchi Lee writes we are afraid of the accepted interpretation or myths about death. We are actually afraid about our own ignorance about death, and out of this ignorance rises our fear. Our ignorance has a deeper source in our ignorance about life itself: “Who am I?” “Why am I here?” If we knew the meaning of life and were able to judge ourselves as natural phenomena in the cycle of life, our fear about death would have no room to stand in our lives.

Do you still not know what your life’s purpose is, or think that you don’t know? When do you think you will find out? If you don’t know your life’s purpose, who do you think is more qualified to know? If you don’t know, no one, not even God, will know. Then how do you find the answer to the question that not even God knows? There is only one way: choice.

Your choice is your answer. Choose who you want to be and what your life’s purpose is. Choose enlightenment and choose knowledge. It is through choice that we can escape from ignorance and fear. When we choose knowledge, we can formulate a different idea about death. When you choose to know and are ready to take responsibility for your choice, you no longer need a “qod” to justify your choices and “qod’s will” no longer has the power to ensnare you in a web of guilt and fear. You will then be able to use the idea of Qod to achieve your choices.